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5 Thoughts That Keep Women From Trying Parkour

Parkour is an effective training method for strengthening the body and learning skills to overcome obstacles in your path. Unfortunately, many women are hesitant to give it a try. Maybe that's you, or maybe you know someone who, despite obvious interest in parkour, refuses to take that first step. Even if you love the idea of parkour, your head might be filled with doubts, questions and negative thoughts that hold you back. If you don't break free from these thoughts, they can become brick walls that make you forever question your ability to jump, climb and vault your way into parkour. I give a few suggestions in "Top Tips for Becoming a Parkour Girl," but now I want to directly address some of the most common thoughts that keep women from trying parkour. Some of these sentiments apply to men, too, but they are particularly prevalent in women. Have any of these thoughts run through your mind? If so, check out the insights that follow. Sandra Konopatska tra

Why Parkour Athletes Should Train Flips

Nothing sparks up debate in the parkour/freerunning community like saying parkour athletes should be flipping. We've all seen the bloody Facebook fights. Let's be honest, people tend to feel pretty strongly about this subject. Whatever your opinion, do me a huge favor, and put it aside for a few minutes to read this post with an open mind. I'll be reasonable, I promise. First, let me put this out there. I suck at flips. I. Suck. At. Flips... For real. A few years ago, I would try a few flips on the sand once in a while, but I'd always tell people I was more into parkour than freerunning. In fact, I had a whole bucket of reasons not to train flips . But, in the end, it was because I sucked at them, not to mention they scared the sh** out of me. Then, this past year, I made a change. I decided to stop running away from flips. I started training them regularly. I still suck, but I'm getting a little better every day. Whatever your stance on the flip/no flip

Rise of the Traceuse: Finding Our Place in the Parkour World

The average parkour practitioner is still a dude in his teens or 20s. But that doesn't mean women aren't out hitting the streets and vaulting their way to that same recognition. Well, perhaps "slowly crawling" would be more accurate. A couple of years ago, I wrote an article titled Where Are All the Parkour Women? I mused about how, after all this time, the number of women training has remained pretty small. We were a vast minority then. But in a way, we still are. In fact, in many communities and training groups, there are only one or two women training -- or even none at all. Then again, female communities are booming in other places. So, what gives? When I first started writing this article, my goal was to talk about the overall growth of the female parkour community. Then, I brought the topic up on a parkour girl Facebook group , and the results were pretty surprising . Reading opinions of women from Russia to Brazil and beyond, I soon realized that the

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